Taking Control of Your Mental Health

By Kayoneil Wilson

Staff Writer

Mental health has become a serious topic of discussion over the last two years due to COVID-19. With lockdowns, losses of friends and family members and isolation, students have suffered from stress and mental health issues.

It is crucial to have a positive mindset during a pandemic because it allows you to cope with stress from everyday activities. According to mentalhealth.gov, maintaining positive mental health can include:

Getting professional help if you need it
Connecting with others
Staying positive
Getting enough sleep
Developing coping skills

The FDU community has made an effort to support students, faculty and staff during this time.

The Student Counseling and Psychological Services (S-CAPS) hosts a program, “Meditation and Mindfulness,” every Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. on Zoom for anyone interested in joining their mediation group to learn different mindfulness practices that can help students de-stress. This program will continue throughout the fall semester ending Dec. 15.

As a part of the S-CAPS series of personal development workshops, the following events will occur throughout the rest of the semester.

A program on Mindfulness in Diet and Exercise will teach students, faculty and staff how to include and practice mindfulness to improve diet and eating habits in addition to workouts:

Tuesday, Nov. 9 from 4 – 5 p.m. via Zoom.

Thursday, Nov. 11 from 12- 1 p.m. located in Giovatto Library, Sammartino room.

Another program on Resilience will help individuals learn how to overcome such things such as adversity during difficult times and also how to create a protective mechanisme to stressful life events:

Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 4 – 5 p.m. via zoom

Thursday, Nov. 18 12 – 1 p.m. located in Giovatto Library, Sammartino room

Meditation and Mindfulness Zoom: